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Targeting top terrorists : understanding leadership removal in counterterrorism strategy /

When President Barack Obama announced the assassination of Osama bin Laden, many Americans hoped the killing of al-Qaida's leader would sound the death knell for the organization. Since 9/11, killing and capturing terrorist leaders has been a central element in U.S. counterterrorism strategy. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Price, Bryan C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Series:Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Organizations and leaders
  • Leadership in terrorist organizations
  • Quantitative analysis of leadership decapitation in terrorist groups
  • The effects of leadership decapitation on Hamas.